Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
MINNESOTA.

Inc street commissioner OF AlOert Lea gets
a salary Of s..
+. D. Rswell, a pioneer II Zumbrota, was
buried on Friday.
Scarlet fever Of a yer. malignant type is
raging at Monticello.
Aaron c. Pearson of 81. Peter has been APP
pointed cadet at West Point.
A fire at Glyndon on Monday caused a loss
Of about So goo and no insurance.
Frank Getchell, aged twelve, was drowned
in the dam near Norual on Tuesday.
The Norwegian OF red Wing will celebrate
the independence OF '-orway on the 18th.
Attorney General Ciapp is booked to de
liver the decoration day address at st. Paul.
The citizens OF North Minneapolis on the
9Th inst. decided TO urge the purchase Of more
park sites.
Ex.Gov. Hubbard and family have returned
to Red Wing and taken up their residence for
the summer.
On Sunday morning at Fergus Falls Andrew
Blamberg was drowned while trying to go
over the falls In a boat.
j.. +. Czeskleba OF Fergus Falls, had a gold
" ~ dDi ctNNidt NI0 vi JtNNlIN OAN
from his room hy burglars.
5. NJ. Espey OF Neriden was elected grand
master workman OF the A. o. L. w. at the
H. chester session last week.
The barn of Charles Lidkie was burned at
Ellington on Saturday, with seven head of
horses and two had OF cattle.
Prof. William Knapp and family of Red
Wiag have removed TO the Pacific coast
to make that country their permanent home.
Station Agent IIinsey of Dawson was acct
dentally shot Oh Monday while on a gunnirg
trip. He only lived until the next morning.
An attemct was made Friday by incendi-
aries to fire the house of j. l.. Harris Of Wi
mona, but the fire was put out before much
damage was dore.
Rev. Mr.. Mclaughlin Of Friendship, n. Y,
has been called 10 supply the pulpit Of Grace
(Universalist) church of Rochester, and will
assume his duties June l..
f. X. Bull, l.. w. Bull and Isaac Menden-
hal, accompanied by their families, left
Anoka for Washington Territory, Tuesday,
wh"re they will permanently locate.
- NAtia - Va ' t"lo vi a siN'lo
wa shipped from Clearwater to st. Paul on
th' .th inst, making a shipment of twenty
car from that point in less than a month.
3 The residents Of Barry and vicinity have
passtd resolutions strongly protesting against
coercion In Ireland. Seventeen dollars were
coil cted and ordered sent to the treasurer Of
the | International league of America.
a cable2ram was received At Brainerd on
Moray from the pope at Rome, authorizing
Carlinal Gibbons to settle the difficulty be-
tweep the Catholic German authority OF the
ST. I.oud district and the French priests.
Thu statement that a public procession ana
recep ,on will be rendered to Bishop Ireland
at st. Paul on his return from Rome is with
out authority. At the express desire Of Bish-
Op Ireland, nothing Of the kind will take
pluc".
At Wabasha two drunken men got into a
fight and Smith was almost Killed by striking
his head ~ the stone pavement. His left leg
was also broken near the ankle. His assail-
ant was arrested and fined SIS and costs,
which he paid.
Fire al Ortonvillc Wednesday afternoon de-
stroyed Eugquist's pillow factory, the Godfrey
house barn, a portion of the Charles Betcher
lumber yard and several outbuildipgs. The
loss is 10000 and insurance $4,000. The
city had a very narrow escape.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul depot at Owa-
tonna was burned on Tuesday the 10th. A
temporary depot will be erected at once. This
will probably soon be replaced by a Union
depot to be used Jointly by the Milwaukee
and 81. Paul and North Western.
Postmaster Cannon has been notified that a
postoiilce Inspector has been detailed 10 make
an examination Of Maukato in regard TO tie
establishment Of the free delivery system. Il
is thought that everything can be SO arranged
that it will go into operation July /.
En- eight. year-old son of Ole o. Running,
living on a farm near Whalan, dropped a
loaded revolver which he had found in a
drawer on the floor recently discharging the
weapon. The ball entered the brain of a two
y~ear-old brother, killing him instantly.
Henry Sanke was caught In a runaway at
Albert Lea on the 9Th inst, ent rely breaking
one foot from his body and so decorating the
flesh as to make amputation above the knee
necessary. He also had nearly all the ribs on
his right side broken and received serious in
ternal injuries.
The school house at Minnesota, Winona
county, caught fire about $3.50 Friday after
noon while school was in session and burned
to the ground. The loss Is estimated at 81, 600
and insured for 800. The fire is supposed to
have originated from burning grass in the
rear Of the building.
r. f. English an Louisa Hanson, arrested
at Albert Lea on a charge of numbering their
.illegitimate infant, had a hearing Wednesday
Justice Parker. At the conclusion OF
the evidence for the prosecution w. G. Nc
Adam, council for the defense, made a mo-
ton to discharge the prisoner, which motion
the court granted.
Sylvester McNitt and wife OF Owatonna
were badly hurt by being thrown from their
buggy by a RUNAWAY team on Wednesday.
wheel passed over Mrs. McNitt's head and
and Mr.. McNitt was seriously In.
jured by one OF the horses stepping on his
back, breaking a rib and otherwise injuring
internally. Both will recover.
Albert Lea special: Freedom county has a
case Of ~leprosy, Discovered In the
OF Riceland, eight or ten miles from